"seitan" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈseɪtən/, /ˈseɪtɑːn/, /ˈseɪtæn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-seitan.wav [Southern-England] Forms: seitans [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪtən, -eɪtɑːn, -eɪtæn Etymology: Romaji of the Japanese セイタン which was coined by philosopher George Ohsawa in 1961. Ohsawa also occasionally used the kanji term 生蛋 from 生 (“fresh; raw”) and 蛋, the first character in 蛋白 (tanpaku, “protein”). In Japan, wheat gluten itself is usually referred to as 麩 (fu, “wheat bran, gluten”), while seitan in particular is generally written in katakana as セイタン. Another common term for this is グルテンミート (“gluten meat”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ja|セイタン}} Japanese セイタン, {{m|ja|生蛋}} 生蛋, {{m|ja|生||fresh; raw}} 生 (“fresh; raw”), {{m|ja|蛋}} 蛋, {{m|ja|蛋白||protein|tr=tanpaku}} 蛋白 (tanpaku, “protein”), {{m|ja|麩||wheat bran, gluten|tr=fu}} 麩 (fu, “wheat bran, gluten”), {{l|ja|セイタン}} セイタン, {{ja-l/helper|セイタン||}} セイタン, {{ja-l|セイタン}} セイタン, {{m|ja|グルテンミート||gluten meat}} グルテンミート (“gluten meat”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} seitan (usually uncountable, plural seitans)
  1. Specially processed wheat gluten, used as a protein-rich food. Wikidata QID: Q61364273 Wikipedia link: George Ohsawa Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Foods Derived forms: seitanic Translations (wheat gluten): 麵筋 (Chinese Mandarin), 面筋 (miànjīn) (Chinese Mandarin), sejtano [masculine] (Esperanto), seitan (Finnish), seitan [masculine] (French), seitán [masculine] (Galician), Seitan [masculine, neuter] (German), szejtán (Hungarian), セイタン (seitan) (Japanese), グルテンミート (gurutenmīto) (Japanese), 밀고기 (milgogi) (Korean), seitan [masculine] (Polish), seitan [masculine] (Portuguese), seitán [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-seitan-en-noun-en:Q61364273 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

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